WEEK+6

**WEEK 6- LAB QUESTION & ANSWERS**

Amanda Shewnarine, Pinaz Farzadi & Darija Jovanovic.

The comic we chose was titled Apple and can be found at: [].

After reading the online chapter, we decided to relate this comic to design strategies and depth cues.

With regards to design strategies this comic uses the page-based outline, which enables it to be a web-based comic. This comic however is created at a readable size, and is able to fit on the average monitor, which allows for an easy read by all users. The size of the page is not too big, and scrolling is virtually never used. The size remains constant throughout the pages, which keeps the comic organized and easy to read. The author takes into consideration that this comic is web based, therefore includes convenience, easy to read narratives, and organized panels. The navigation used to and from the pages are simple and easy to find however we had to click numerous times before reaching the end. The author could have made the entire page as a clickable “next button” which would have made this comic an even easier read. They could have also had an option to get to any of the pages without going through them one by one.

When looking at depth cues in this comic, lines are used repeatedly to show space. The author uses lighter colours when drawing the background, and uses very light colours, and sometimes a thin black line portraying a hill in the background. On page 9 the author shows depth by blurring the object in the distance, and only drawing an outline instead of showing characteristics on the object in the distance. One problem we encountered is that the author did not use the size of text to portray depth or space. Instead the author confuses the viewer by placing various sizes of text throughout the panel with no standardization. The author does use black line work, which gives this comic a good contrast, and we are more comfortable reading this since objects and characters are easily defined.

Even though the content was not very sophisticated it was visually appealing because of the techniques used by the author.

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